2. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The Revolution that changed the world forever

3. Industrial revolution
Industrial – Having to do with industry, business or manufacturing
Revolution – a huge change or a change in the way things are done.
Industrial Revolution – a change from making things by hand to making them in factories.
The change from handmade goods to machine made goods.
Another name of industrial revolution is machine age.

4. Child Labor

5. Transportation
Before the Industrial Revolution, people relied on the horse and their own feet to get around.
With the invention of the steam locomotive, transportation took a huge step forward.
The first two major railroad companies were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads.

6. The first steam locomotive was made by Richard Trevithick on the 21st of Feb 1804

7. Textile Industry
With the invention of the spinning jenny and the power loom, the textile industry took off.
Clothes could now be made far faster than ever before.
In 1967, James Hargreaves

8. Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone in 1876.

9. Invention and inventor
Year
Invention
Inventor
1967
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves
1780
Steam Engine
James Watt
1876
Telephone
Alexander Graham
1895
Radio
G. Marconi
1944
Digital Computer
Howard Aitken

10. Advantages of industrial Revolution
People worked in large factories and towns
More factories were built
Factory workers followed set routines of work
Huge amounts of goods were produced [ mass production].
Goods were sold in big cities and also exported.

11. Problems of industrial revolution
More war and more exploitation
More misunderstanding between more poverty

12. Reasons why it was successful in Britain
People worked in factories were provided with food.
Number of banks opened allowing people to borrow money to invest into industries.
Roads were improved, so that industrial goods could be moved easily.
Population grew rapidly providing plenty of workers for factories.

13. …and rejected capitalism in favor of socialism
How did people respond to the changes & abuses of the Industrial Revolution?
…and rejected capitalism in favor of socialism
Socialists argued that the government should plan the economy by controlling factories, farms, railroads, mines, & important industries
This would create equality & end poverty by redistributing wealth from rich capitalists to the poor workers 13

14. Karl Marx introduced a radical form of socialism called communism
How did people respond to the changes & abuses of the Industrial Revolution?
Karl Marx introduced a radical form of socialism called communism
Marx & Friedrich Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto which predicted a war between the “haves” & “have nots”
Marx encouraged workers to overthrow owners, seize control of factories, distribute goods evenly, & create economic equality for all people 14

15. Summary Before industrial revolution After Industrial Revolution
People worked in their own houses
People worked in factories
Needed skills and craftsmanship
Machines are used
Used animals and human as form of power
Used coals, water as form of power
Took more time to produced less amount of goods.
Took less time to produce more goods.